Pixieset built the prettiest gallery on the internet. OneCast builds the whole studio around the gallery: quotes, invoices, video review and a portal your clients live in.
Pixieset is a gallery-first suite: beautiful client galleries, a print store, and a lighter Studio Manager CRM bolted alongside. If you mostly deliver photos and sell prints, it is genuinely excellent. OneCast Studio comes at it from the other direction: one system where the portal, quotes, invoices, bookings, galleries and video review are the same product, with native Xero and Australian hosting. Photographers who also shoot video, or who are tired of stitching Studio Manager to the rest of their admin, are the ones who switch.
What each platform actually ships today. Where Pixieset is stronger, we say so.
| Feature | OneCast Studio | Pixieset |
|---|---|---|
| Client portal | Branded portal per project: timeline, files, quotes, messages, payments | Gallery links and Studio Manager client view; not one unified project portal |
| Photo gallery delivery | Password-protected galleries, client selections, pay-to-download gate | Best-in-class gallery polish, client favourites, mobile gallery app |
| Video review | Frame-accurate comments, version compare, transcripts, per-video revision budgets | Video hosting capped by plan; no frame comments or approvals |
| Quotes & proposals | Multi-option quotes approved in the portal, auto-converts to an invoice | Via Studio Manager |
| Invoicing | Deposits via Stripe, pay-by-card links, retainer invoicing, overdue reminders | Via Studio Manager; payment reminders |
| Xero integration | Native: invoices push on send, contacts import, GST handled | No native accounting integration |
| Payments | Stripe: card payments, deposits, pay-by-card links on invoices | Stripe and PayPal, multi-currency; 15% store commission on the free tier |
| Calendar & bookings | Bookings, multi-day shoots, Google Calendar two-way sync | Booking and scheduling in Studio Manager |
| Print store & labs | No print store or lab fulfilment | Mature print store with lab fulfilment |
| Wedding tools | Structured wedding brief, run sheet, countdown, guest photo uploads | No structured wedding brief or run sheet |
| White-label / custom domain | Studio Pro plan: custom domain, your branding end to end, white-label PDFs | Custom domain from the Basic gallery plan |
| Mobile | Installable web app, full mobile UI; no App Store app yet | Native Studio Manager app plus a client gallery app |
| Storage | 500GB on Starter, 2TB on Studio, 5TB on Studio Pro | Unlimited photos only on the top tier; video hours always capped |
| AUD & Australian hosting | AUD pricing incl. GST, data hosted in Sydney | AUD payments supported; no local hosting story |
Feature availability checked against public Pixieset documentation and pricing pages, July 2026. Spot something out of date? Email [email protected] and we will fix it.
Vendor pricing from pixieset.com/pricing, July 2026, USD. OneCast prices are AUD and include GST.
Credit where it is due. If these are your priorities, Pixieset may fit you better today.
Here is how studios usually move in. Most are done inside an afternoon.
Start a free OneCast trial and set your logo and brand colour; your portal and gallery pages pick it up instantly.
Keep Pixieset live for galleries already delivered; nothing breaks by running both during the switch.
Add your active clients, or connect Xero and import contacts from there in one pull.
Upload the galleries for in-flight projects to OneCast and send clients the new portal link.
Once the last old gallery expires, downgrade or cancel Pixieset. Most studios run both for one delivery cycle.
“This is a game changer. All in one platform for Photo and Video creatives, even production agencies! You’ve gotta give this a try!”
For galleries, delivery, quotes, invoicing and bookings, yes. If print and album sales through an integrated lab store are a big part of your revenue, keep Pixieset for that piece; OneCast does not have a print store today.
No. Clients open galleries and portals through a private link with optional PIN protection, and for weddings, guests can upload their own phone photos to a shared gallery you control.
Yes. You can gate final downloads behind payment, so the gallery goes out the same night and files unlock when the invoice is paid.
They keep working; Pixieset hosts them as long as your plan is active. Most studios let old galleries ride out their expiry on Pixieset and deliver new work through OneCast.
That is the biggest difference. Pixieset hosts video with plan-capped hours and no feedback tools. OneCast has a review player with frame-accurate comments, version compare and client approvals built in.
Open the live sandbox, click around a real studio, and decide in ten minutes. No sign-up, no card.